Susanna Reich has a broad background in children’s books, business, and the arts. She is the author of Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin, a Kirkus Best Young Adult Book of 2008, a Booklist Top Ten Arts Book for Youth, and an Association of Booksellers for Children Best Book; Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso, a National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Honor Book, ALA Notable, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Jose! Born to Dance, winner of the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award and an International Latino Book Award; and Penelope Bailey Takes the Stage, a Scripps-Howard Best Book of 2006.

Susanna is Co-Chair of the PEN American Center Children’s and Young Adult Writers Committee and leads workshops at industry conferences. Prior to joining Raab Associates in 2000, she was owner of and head designer for Flowers by Susanna, which provided flowers for such varied clients as the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the American Institute of Wine and Food. Feature stories about her business appeared in The New York Times, Gannett newspapers, and Hudson Valley magazine, and her articles on floral design were published in several national magazines, including Bride’s.

Susanna holds a B.F.A. in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, did graduate work in dance ethnology at the University of Hawaii, and earned a Certificate in Movement Analysis from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. A former faculty member of the Dance Notation Bureau in New York, she also performed with several noted modern dance companies.